CUT FROM THE 30-MAN SQUAD
Mark Birighitti (Swansea), Rhyan Grant (Sydney FC), Alex Gersbach (Rosenborg, Norway), James Jeggo (Sturm Graz), Mustafa Amini (AGF, Denmark), Riley McGree (Adelaide), Craig Goodwin (Sparta Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The Suba-roos (Australian Men's Team)
Must win game for Aussie vs Saudi Arabia tonight
Anyone gots tips on a stream?
Anyone gots tips on a stream?
2-2 half time.
This Saudi side are one of the best Asian teams I have seen.
Oz lucky to still be in it.
Better 2nd half. Oz 3-2
Shark house actions from the Saudi Team before the game, refusing to observe a moments silence
Shark house actions from the Saudi Team before the game, refusing to observe a moments silence
Why is anyone really surprised?
Smith & Jedinak ruled out of the Confeds, Gersbach & Jeggo into the squad.
Aussie vs Brazil at 10pm, TAB Watch & Bet has a stream.
For those without a TAB account, some stream links listed here http://www.sportcategory.com/c-1.html
Aussie 0-1 down after 12 seconds
Aussie ends up losing 0-4. Lots of angst about their new formation
Some said brazil were at half strength and still thrashed Caltex
Some said brazil were at half strength and still thrashed Caltex
Yea of course, Alvez, Thiago, Sandro, Luiz, Paulinho, Coutinho just to mention a few.
Also they are no. 1 in the world.
Some said brazil were at half strength and still thrashed Caltex
MCG only half full v for Oz v Brazil! Tsk, Tsk.
#metrics
The Caltex Socceroos squad will be trimmed to 23 players on Wednesday 23 August 2017.
The Caltex Socceroos will begin to assemble in Tokyo from Sunday 27 August 2017.
Caltex Socceroos 30-Player squad for the following matches / tournaments:
- 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier v Japan (Saitama; 31 August 2017)
- 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier v Thailand (Melbourne; 5 September 2017)
| Name | Club, Country | A International Caps (Goals) |
| Mustafa AMINI | Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF), Denmark | 1 (0) |
| Aziz BEHICH | Bursaspor, Turkey | 16 (2) |
| Tim CAHILL | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 100 (48) |
| Milos DEGENEK | Yokohama F. Marinos, Japan | 11 (0) |
| Adam FEDERICI | AFC Bournemouth, England | 16 (0) |
| Alex GERSBACH | Rosenborg BK, Norway | 3 (0) |
| Ajdin HRUSTIC | FC Groningen, Netherlands | 1 (0) |
| Jackson IRVINE | Burton Albion FC, England | 13 (1) |
| Mile JEDINAK | Aston Villa FC, England | 71 (15) |
| James JEGGO | SK Sturm Graz, Austria | - |
| Tomi JURIC | FC Luzern, Switzerland | 26 (7) |
| Matthew JURMAN | Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Korea Republic | - |
| Robbie KRUSE | VfL Bochum, Germany | 55 (4) |
| Mitchell LANGERAK | VfB Stuttgart, Germany | 8 (0) |
| Mathew LECKIE | Hertha BSC, Germany | 44 (5) |
| Massimo LUONGO | Queens Park Rangers FC, England | 29 (5) |
| Awer MABIL | F.C. Paços de Ferreira, Portugal | - |
| Jamie MACLAREN | SV Darmstadt 98, Germany | 4 (0) |
| Ryan McGOWAN | Guizhou Zhicheng, China PR | 20 (0) |
| Riley McGREE | Club Brugge KV, Belgium | - |
| Mark MILLIGAN | Melbourne Victory, Australia | 59 (6) |
| Aaron MOOY | Huddersfield Town AFC, England | 26 (5) |
| Tom ROGIC | Celtic FC, Scotland | 27 (7) |
| Mathew RYAN | Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England | 35 (0) |
| Trent SAINSBURY | Jiangsu Suning FC, China PR | 27 (3) |
| Brad SMITH | AFC Bournemouth, England | 15 (0) |
| Matthew SPIRANOVIC | Hangzhou Greentown FC, China PR | 34 (0) |
| James TROISI | Melbourne Victory, Australia | 32 (5) |
| Daniel VUKOVIC | KRC Genk, Belgium | - |
| Bailey WRIGHT | Bristol City FC, England | 18 (1) |
Caltex Socceroos 23-Player squad for the following matches / tournaments:
- 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier v Japan (Saitama; 31 August 2017)
- 2018 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier v Thailand (Melbourne; 5 September 2017)
| Name | Club, Country | A International Caps (Goals) |
| Mustafa AMINI | Aarhus Gymnastikforening (AGF), Denmark | 1 (0) |
| Tim CAHILL | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 100 (48) |
| Milos DEGENEK | Yokohama F. Marinos, Japan | 11 (0) |
| Alex GERSBACH | Rosenborg BK, Norway | 3 (0) |
| Jackson IRVINE | Burton Albion FC, England | 13 (1) |
| Tomi JURIC | FC Luzern, Switzerland | 26 (7) |
| Robbie KRUSE | VfL Bochum, Germany | 55 (4) |
| Mitchell LANGERAK | VfB Stuttgart, Germany | 8 (0) |
| Mathew LECKIE | Hertha BSC, Germany | 44 (5) |
| Massimo LUONGO | Queens Park Rangers FC, England | 29 (5) |
| Awer MABIL | F.C. Paços de Ferreira, Portugal | - |
| Jamie MACLAREN | SV Darmstadt 98, Germany | 4 (0) |
| Ryan McGOWAN | Al-Sharjah, UAE | 20 (0) |
| Mark MILLIGAN | Melbourne Victory, Australia | 59 (6) |
| Aaron MOOY | Huddersfield Town AFC, England | 26 (5) |
| Tom ROGIC | Celtic FC, Scotland | 27 (7) |
| Mathew RYAN | Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England | 35 (0) |
| Trent SAINSBURY | Jiangsu Suning FC, China PR | 27 (3) |
| Brad SMITH | AFC Bournemouth, England | 15 (0) |
| Matthew SPIRANOVIC | Hangzhou Greentown FC, China PR | 34 (0) |
| James TROISI | Melbourne Victory, Australia | 32 (5) |
| Daniel VUKOVIC | KRC Genk, Belgium | - |
| Bailey WRIGHT | Bristol City FC, England | 18 (1) |
UAE beat Saudi Arabia overnight, putting Aussie in the box seat to automatically qualify if they can beat Japan.
UAE beat Saudi Arabia overnight, putting Aussie in the box seat to automatically qualify if they can beat Japan.
Even if they don't beat Japan, they're still in a good position. Saudi Arabia play Japan in the last game, and Aussies have Thailand at home. I'm a bit disappointed that the prospect of an Australia - USA inter-continental playoff now looks very unlikely.
Yip, win and through. Draw with Japan and beat Thailand and through, Lose against Japan and beat Thailand then it’s do the qualify or do they go to the playoff. Result last night has really put them in a good spot.
Easy guide for what Australian need to do to qualify. Game against Japan tonight in Japan at 10.35pm NZT also Australia has Thailand next who are currently bottom of the group with no wins while UAE has Japan.
Here's my preview of tonight's WC qualifier between Japan and Australia: https://t.co/qnxdl4csaq?amp=1
— David Squires (@squires_david) August 30, 2017
Those two middle panels are gold
Bozza chimes in...
If Socceroos WC qualification is confirmed next few days, do they become an option for a AWs friendly in October window?
Of course this presumes AWs beat Solomons, however everyone is already talking about Japan as agreeing to a friendly.
Personally much prefer Australia, it's been a while since we played our big bro neighbour, plus I think possession style game Ange has them playing better mimics a South American team than Japan.
Come on FFA do us a favour!
If Socceroos WC qualification is confirmed next few days, do they become an option for a AWs friendly in October window?
Of course this presumes AWs beat Solomons, however everyone is talking about Japan as agreeing to a friendly.
Personally much prefer Australia, it's been a while since we played our big bro neighbour, plus I think possession style game Ange has them playing better mimics a South American team than Japan.
Come on FFA do us a favour!
If Socceroos WC qualification is confirmed next few days, do they become an option for a AWs friendly in October window?
Of course this presumes AWs beat Solomons, however everyone is talking about Japan as agreeing to a friendly.
Personally much prefer Australia, it's been a while since we played our big bro neighbour, plus I think possession style game Ange has them playing better mimics a South American team than Japan.
Come on FFA do us a favour!
To be fair, if Japan are interested in playing us in October we should jump at that, we're not exactly hot property when it comes to arranging friendlies against quality international sides.
Half time
Japan 1-0 up.
Need Mooy
Finishes 2-0 to Japan, despite Socceroos dominating possession.
Interesting that foreign coaches like Pim Verbeek and Holgar Oseek (spp) were hated by many Aussie football fans but at least they achieved automatic WC qualification through Asia
Curious to see reaction to Ange Pot if he fails to do that
Aussie are really going to need to put a few past Thailand to help their case, their recent history doesn't make good reading tho
For the record- Socceroos recent results v Thailand
— BNE Football Review (@RoarReview) August 31, 2017
AC 07' THA 0-4 AUS
Sept 11' AUS 2-1 THA
Nov 11' THA 0-1 AUS
Nov 16' THA 2-2 AUS
Aussie are really going to need to put a few past Thailand to help their case, their recent history doesn't make good reading tho
For the record- Socceroos recent results v Thailand
AC 07' THA 0-4 AUS
Sept 11' AUS 2-1 THA
Nov 11' THA 0-1 AUS
Nov 16' THA 2-2 AUS— BNE Football Review (@RoarReview) August 31, 2017
Just a win may do if Saudi Arabia can't beat Japan. Although with the Japanese now qualified, they may give some of their fringe players a run.
Finishes 2-0 to Japan, despite Socceroos dominating possession.
Interesting that foreign coaches like Pim Verbeek and Holgar Oseek (spp) were hated by many Aussie football fans but at least they achieved automatic WC qualification through Asia
Curious to see reaction to Ange Pot if he fails to do that
Can't see a stream on my usual place right now
Can't see a stream on my usual place right now
Kick off isn't until 10pm I think
Actually that's the japan game being replayed
0-0 at half time. The Aussies are getting a bit nervous on Twitter